As what was said by our dearly missed ybbh; "whatever floats one's boat"

The morale of this is, live to that mantra and you are soon nowhere to be seen arwah baik orangnya.

Simple maintenance of ur seatpost n bottlecage to avoid expensive repairs n replacement

Hahaha meanwhile I opt for cheap ceremic pulley...
It just makes the drive train system feels soo smooth...

You can actually feel the different

Safe to use? Read on fb some rds snapped due to cheap oversize pulleys

I m using those 12/14t pulley not that oversized ones
Yup the oversized ones can snap after heavy power tat s y I dun use them...

Well nowadays they have a 4 years replacement waramty... But I m still not rich enuf to try them...

My next upgrade/downgrade will be the sensah empire pro

Sori got mixed up ceramic and oversize pulley smh

Ceremic can be cheap... Of cos u dun talk abt the branded ones la

same quality n durability?
so ur ceramic bearing in the pulleys, came with the pulleys? or just the bearings and u had to press in?

I also like the Arundel Mandible water bottle cages!

I think if choose established brands like Ceramic Speed, then it should be OK provided that the LBS technician also properly install it.

yes very strong grip. but not as grippy as Elite Custom Race i used last time.
also it has full length base unlike some weightweenie bottle cages. that way my bottle wont kena my frame.
bought it years ago when the price was almost half the price now.

pagi, serious question.

looking at most brand start pushing disc brake and no longer carry in rim brake frameset.

whats ur thoughts? save up and angkat disc brake complete bike or cari old rim brake frameset?

pagi, dah makan?
ayam eated mi kari lagi

first i wanna know, u looking to build another bike, N+1? or replacing ur current frame? if latter, why? frame damaged? or just want to upgrade? whats the condition of ur components? still gooding? used but well maintained? worn and abused?

dah, makan nasi lemak hari ni.

i wanna upgrade my current bike (left untouched 6 months d, esok pi angkat balik)
so N+1 is ok, or just upgrade frame also ok
used n well maintained i guess, no worn, no abused

if i were u lah, i'd save up money and get a nice disc brake complete bike.
just use current setup until u just cant find replacement parts anymore
meanwhile u r saving up, u can look at how the bike industry evolve.
see if rim brake being phased out or not.
see if rim brake being pushed to lower tier only or not.
if later current setup damaged or not worth repairing/replacing anymore, and turns out rim brake still relevant and here to stay at top tier, i'd use my saving to get a really nice rim brake bike.

one thing i like about disc brake (hydraulic) is the cable can be routed anyway i want to. can bend here n there unlike rim brake.

Different school of thought has different opinions on this matter. As an old school guy, I prefer rim brake as I think disc brake is ugly. It took me awhile before to move from steel frame to carbon and from dumb head unit to the gps enabled ones. Just orang tua style. Guessing if I’m gonna move to disc brake, gonna take at least another 5 to 10 years down the road

This post has been edited by rads78: Jun 18 2020, 10:47 AM

i vote disc brake. better stopping powah.
also very clean look if combine with electronic gearing. no messy cabling. all hide inside integrated handlebars and frame. much HNNNNGGHHH.

10s being pushed to lower tier
now shimano 10s chain got ultegra je the highest
dura ace 10s no more

This post has been edited by miaopurr: Jun 18 2020, 12:34 PM

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